Woven pocketed carrier



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WOVEN'POCKETED CARRIER.

. APPLICATION FILED AUG. I8, 97| 1,338,795. v Patented May 4, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- To all whom t may concern.:

GEORGE W. SPALDINV'G, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE kASSIGNMENTS', T0 MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT COMPANY, or woRoEs- TER, MASSACHUSETTS, CORPORATION OE MASSACHUSETTS.

WOVEN POCKETED CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application led August 18, 1917. Serial No. 186,888.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SPALDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at YV orcester," in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Woven Pocketed Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation more particularly to the internal reinforcements with which the pockets of woven carriers are furnished in some cases. Such reinforcements are combined with the pocketsof cartridge carriers, for instance, tol reinforce the walls and bottoms of such pockets against Wear and injury from the Asharp points of the bullets of cartridges and the corners of car-V tridge clips placed in such pockets.

The general object of the invention is to provide an internal reinforcement of practical character affording complete andeffective protection, especially to the side-walls of a pocket.

The drawings show an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings-1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a pocketed carrier, comprising two adjoining pockets.

Fig. 2 is a view horizontal section on line 9., 2, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a view of the said pocket in vertical section.

Fig. is a front view of a combination flap or cover-piece and reinforcement-lining made in accordance with the invention, with its upper end left in an unfinished state.

Fig. 5 is a back view thereof.

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating the manner in which combination flap or coverpieces and reinforcement-linings like that of Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are produced as consecutive portions of a continuous "woven web.

Fig. 8 is a view showing separately a blank for one of the said combination linings, produced by cutting the web of Fig. 7 into its component portions or blanks.

Fig. 9 shows the blank of Fig. 8 with one end margin of the same turnedy or folded back upon the adjoining portion of the of one of the pockets in yconnecting web-portions between pockets.

In practice, reinforcement-linings embodying the invention are applicable. to carrierpockets of a variety of forms and constructions. rfhe specific character of the pockets to which the improved reinforcement-lining is applied is notmaterial.

rEhe improved reinforcement-lining oonsists in a strip which, in addition to being bent into U-shape as represented in Figs. 3, fi, 5 and 6,- so as to line the back and frontwalls and bottom of the pockets to which it is applied, has one upright portion thereof fiiirnished with oppositely projecting lateral wings c, c, which linethe sides of the pocket.

T he said upright portion may be either the .back upright portion a, or the front upright portionl Z), but preferably is the front portion Z). .These wings c, o, fold around the side1nargins of the opposite upright portion, in this case the back upright portion a, as shown in Figs. 2, Li, 5 and 6, and their ends are secured thereto by vertical lines of stitches a3, a3, Fig. 5. The said ends of the wings intervene between the said upright portion of the lining and the corresponding wall of the pocket, as shown in Fig. 2.

Tte different portions a, o, c, o, of the lining are secured to the back-wall, frontwall, and side-walls, of the pocket, in suitable manner and by suitable means, as, for instance, by lines of stitches 8, 8, forming stitched seams.

Preferably, though not necessarily in all cases, the back portion. a of the lining is eX- tended upward in a continuation a which is made into a cover or flap. The cover or Hap of one of the pockets in Fig. l is shown in straight and extended or open condition, that of the other pocket in such figure being shown folded down over the pocket and fastened in closed condition by means of its fastening devices 6, 7.

Reinforcement-linings such as that which has been described may be produced by weaving a continuous web like that shown in Fig. 7, namely, comprising a succession of portions adapted to be separated into T- shaped blanks like that shown separately in Fig. 8, by cutting across the said web transversely at suitable intervals. The said web as shown in Fig. 7 comprises successive narrow portions ax constituting the narrow portions 'or stems of successive blanks, and' intervening wide portions ay constituting the wide portions or heads of the said blanks. In order to shorten the view, parts of the length of one narrow portion are broken out. Preferably, 'each narrow portion of the said web is of a length suitable to constitute the narrow portions or stems of two successive blanks, arranged end to end with relation to each other, and each wide portion thereofnis of a length suitable to constitute the wide portions or heads of two successive blanks. The cutting of the web into blanks is 'effected on lines, w, m, and y, y, Fig. 7, atmid-.length of the narrow portions and wide portions, respectively, of the web. In the web of Fig. 7 the portions which subsequently constitute individual blanks are alternately reversed relative to one another.

In weaving the web of Fig. 7 the warpthreads z, e, which are used in the production of the laterally projecting parts of the wide portions of the web are floated alongside the narrow portions of the said web from one wide portion to the next, and are trimmed off adjacent the said wide portions subsequent to the weaving, in finishing the blanks. vage edges at both sides of the narrow portions or stems and also at the outer extremities of the wings of the wide portions or headsy thereof.

The terminal edge of the wide portion ay of a blank is turned or folded upon itself, as at a2, Fig. 9, to give a smooth and As produced, the latter have sel- Aedge will bel located next the inner surfaces of the pocket-walls and be covered and hidden.

What is claimed as the invention is l. The combination with a carrier-pocket, Y

of a reinforcement-lining comprising a strip bent into U-shape so as to line the back and front-walls and bottom of said pocket, and also having one upright portion thereof furnished with oppositely-projecting lateral wings which line the sides of the pocket', are folded around the opposite upright portion, and are secured in place between the latter and the corresponding' wall of the pocket, said reinforcement-lining having the top margin of the said upright portion and its wings doubled back upon itself to produce a smooth and finished turned top edge.

2. The combination with a carrier-pocket, of a combined flap or cover and reinforcement-piece comprising a strip having its lower portion disposed within the pocket as a reinforce for the back of the pocket and also bent into U-shapeso as to linethe bottom and front of the pocket, and having the uprightI front, portion provided with lateral wings projecting oppositely therefrom, lining the sides of the pocket, folded around the edges of the back-reinforcement, and secured in place between the latter and the corresponding wall of the pocket, said reinforcement-lining having the top margin of the ,upright portion and its Wings doubled back upon itself to produce a smooth and finished turned top edge.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.v

GEORGE W. SPALDI'NG.

Witnesses: i

WILLIAM BRADFORD, HAZEL MALMsTEDT. 

